That is called a minstrel show, circa the 21st century. From Wordnik.com. [Kevin Powell: Ashley Judd and Hip-Hop Culture] Reference
Very soft and low, like a wandering minstrel is singing. From Wordnik.com. [The Watchman and Other Poems] Reference
They heard of it only in minstrel tales, and it came to be for them a sort of fairy-land which had no existence save in a poet's dream. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
The minstrel was the direct product of the slave-time singer and entertainer. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Frohman: Manager and Man] Reference
minstrels A minstrel was a servant first employed as a castle or court musician. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The countess blushed at this question, but replied, Because I saw the minstrel was a gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
Hannah Pool, a writer for the Guardian newspaper in Great Britain, suggested the whole setup had "minstrel" overtones. From Wordnik.com. [Jolie 1, Obama 0] Reference
In the same derisive fashion, Johnson's words were often rendered in a kind of minstrel dialect no one actually ever used. From Wordnik.com. [Notebook] Reference
Answer: The minstrel is a ghoul. From Wordnik.com. [January 9th, 2007] Reference
The minstrel is paid for his music again. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. I. I. Norman Maurice, a Tragedy; II. Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea; III. Tales and Traditions of the South; IV. The City of the Silent] Reference
Vain minstrel, that beside my window sing'st. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. II. I. Southern Passages and Pictures; II. Historical and Dramatic Sketches; III. Scripture Legends; IV. Francesca Da Rimini] Reference
I gather he does EARN his living, WORKING as a "minstrel". From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
The countess blushed at this question, but replied, "Because I saw the minstrel was a gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
"minstrel" is a word of two syllables and theater has three. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest] Reference
We can't give a minstrel show without a first part. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
You know, you mentioned the blackface minstrel shows. From Wordnik.com. [Carolina Chocolate Drops: Old-Time Music With A Twist] Reference
There was a poor emaciated minstrel, singing for bread. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
The minstrel act in the first part was something unique and original. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
I'd rather see him repeat that performance than go to a minstrel show. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
He was as pale as death; he moved not, spoke not, until the minstrel said. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
And when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him, and he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 12: 4 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
And Chios poured forth some refreshing wine, and bade the minstrel partake of it. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
I mean, the minstrel shows and the stereotyping - and that's all clearly very bad. From Wordnik.com. [Carolina Chocolate Drops: Tradition From Jug To Kazoo] Reference
The minstrel laughed, throwing back his curly head and showing his white and pearly teeth. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages] Reference
"An 'yez want the use of the lot for a concert minstrel entertainment?" inquired the proprietor. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
Always in the dark, the green hedges growing round like some refrain to a terrible minstrel song. From Wordnik.com. [Water for Old Bet] Reference
Months afterward, a minstrel went roaming here and there, apparently aimlessly, throughout Germany. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages] Reference
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